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▶️Always Useful: Scimitar Light Tank The British Army has always needed military vehicles capable of operating in remote regions. During World War II, that role fell to AEC armored cars and light tanks, but by the early 1960s the existing fleet was in dire need of replacement. At the same time, the defense budget left designers with very little breathing room.

▶️B-26 Marauder: From “Widow Maker” to Remarkable Survivability By the mid-1930s, Europe was once again caught up in an arms race. Before long, it spread to other parts of the world as well. The United States could not remain on the sidelines either. Events in Europe and Asia were making it increasingly clear that geographic isolation alone was no guarantee of security.

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▶️EMBT: Leoclerc or Lecleopard? We’ve already seen plenty of strange military mashups in War Thunder. You’d think experiments like these would’ve been left somewhere in the distant past. But no! European engineers decided to combine two modern MBTs: the German Leopard 2A7 and the French Leclerc S2. And that’s how the EMBT was born. So what came out of this Franco-German tank-building set? Let’s find out.

▶️Thunder Show: R3 OF THE LAKE Welcome to Thunder Show and the most unbelievable moments of the past week!

🇨🇱Average Tank in Chile

▶️New Game Modes With the Sky Odyssey update, several game modes that previously appeared only as limited-time events have become permanently available. These include Nuclear Escalation, Bullet Hell, and Naval Enduring Confrontation. If you never had a chance to try them before, here’s everything you need to know.

‼️Fair Play: September 2026 Your reports and our anti-cheat systems continue to help us in the fight against cheaters. As is tradition, we’re sharing information about the bans issued since last Fair Play. If you want to help rid War Thunder of cheaters and unsportsmanlike players, you can learn how to submit a report and how our anti-cheat system works on our wiki. 🤕Banned accounts Since our last fair play update, we have banned 3,984 accounts that were found to have violated the rules, specifically paragraph 3.2.3 of the EULA, namely the automation of gameplay (use of bots) and cheat software. ❗️Additionally, 661 temporary bans were issued for violating paragraph 3.2.3 of the EULA, specifically for intentionally exploiting a bug that allowed for gaining excessive mission score in Air Simulator Battles during the Space Program Event. Furthermore, 397 accounts were banned for a week or longer for intentional teamkilling and griefing, including 13 permanent bans. For complete transparency, we will publish the full list of permanently banned players. This list will be available for two weeks following the publication of this article. 📜For complete transparency, we will publish the full list of permanently banned players. This list will be available for two weeks following the publication of this article. ⭐️Recommendations We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator). We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your Gaijin account for additional security, as this will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use prohibited client modifications and never share your account information with anyone.

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💅40 New User-Created Camouflages in the Sky Odyssey Trophy! The Sky Odyssey major update is named after Greek vehicles, and the trophy of the same name naturally includes camouflages for vehicles recently added to the game: both Greek and those from other nations! You’ll also find many new camouflages for vehicles featured in recent events and the recently concluded summer camouflage contest. We thank the creators from WT Live for their outstanding work! In addition to camouflages, the trophy offers the chance to obtain coupons for rare vehicles and a unique decal. 🎁Contents of the Sky Odyssey trophy:

▪️Coupons for rare vehicles ▪️18 camouflage coupons for ground vehicles ▪️18 camouflage coupons for aircraft ▪️2 camouflage coupons for naval vessels ▪️2 camouflage coupon for helicopters ▪️A coupon for the Sky Odyssey decal

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❗️Planned Technical Works on 29.09.2026 Hey everyone, on September 29th from 07:00 GMT, the War Thunder game servers may be unavailable due to the short planned maintenance. Thank you for your understanding.

▶️Chinese Tank Evolution: From Type 59 to ZTZ99A In the final decades of the Cold War, China continued to expand its large defense industry and improve armored vehicles for both its own military and the export market. Technologically, Chinese tank design still lagged behind both the West and the Soviet Union, but the gap was gradually narrowing.